| September 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Unemployment Rate | 6.8% |
| Month-Over-Month Change | −1.5% ▼ |
| Year-Over-Year Change | 2.3% ▲ |
| September 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Unemployment Rate | 7.6% |
| Month-Over-Month Change | −1.3% ▼ |
| Year-Over-Year Change | 3.9% ▲ |
| September 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Employment | 1,030,400 |
| Month-Over-Month Change | 41,700 ▲ |
| Year-Over-Year Change | −18,000 ▼ |
| September 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Employment | 1,111,200 |
| Month-Over-Month Change | 10,500 ▲ |
| Year-Over-Year Change | −49,800 ▼ |
| September 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Full-Time Employment | 1,887,700 |
| Month-Over-Month Change | 38,500 ▲ |
| Year-Over-Year Change | −117,400 ▼ |
| September 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Part-Time Employment | 556,600 |
| Month-Over-Month Change | 16,300 ▲ |
| Year-Over-Year Change | 11,100 ▲ |
| Public Sector | Private Sector | Self-employed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Jobs | 492,300 | 1,515,500 | 436,400 |
| Month-Over-Month Change | 24,300 ▲ | 36,100 ▲ | −5,600 ▼ |
| Year-Over-Year Change | 32,200 ▲ | −110,400 ▼ | −28,100 ▼ |
| Age | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| 15 to 24 years | 7.4% ▲ | 6.3% ▲ |
| 25 to 54 years | 3.6% ▲ | 3.0% ▲ |
| 55 years and over | 2.5% ▲ | 0.0% |
| Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|
| Employment | -71,400 ▼ | -23,400 ▼ |
| Full-time employment | -67,800 ▼ | -38,900 ▼ |
| Part-time employment | -3,600 ▼ | 15,600 ▲ |
| 15 to 24 Years | 25 to 54 Years | 55 Years & Over | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Both Genders | Females | Males | Both Genders | Females | Males | Both Genders | Females | Males | |
| Total, all industries | 7.3% | 7.5% | 7.2% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 2.6% | 0.3% | −0.7% | 1.1% |
| Goods-producing sector | −3.7% | x | −4.0% | 0.6% | 1.2% | 0.6% | −2.0% | x | −1.2% |
| Agriculture | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Utilities | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Construction | 2.4% | x | 2.6% | 4.4% | x | 5.5% | −0.1% | x | 1.0% |
| Manufacturing | x | x | x | −1.9% | x | −5.2% | −1.5% | x | x |
| Services-producing sector | 5.0% | 4.3% | 6.3% | 3.7% | 3.1% | 4.4% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 1.6% |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 3.4% | 2.9% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 1.7% | 5.1% | −0.2% | −0.7% | x |
| Transportation and warehousing | x | x | x | 3.2% | x | 0.8% | −2.8% | x | x |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | x | x | x | 0.8% | x | x | x | x | x |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | x | x | x | 2.0% | −0.9% | x | x | x | x |
| Business, building and other support services | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Educational services | x | x | x | 2.4% | 0.9% | x | x | x | x |
| Health care and social assistance | x | x | x | 2.6% | 3.0% | x | x | x | x |
| Information, culture and recreation | x | x | x | 9.3% | x | x | 0.3% | x | x |
| Accommodation and food services | 6.5% | x | 5.7% | 8.1% | 12.1% | 2.9% | −4.4% | −13.1% | x |
| Other services (except public administration) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Public administration | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Statistics Canada Table 14-10-0022-01: Labour force characteristics by industry, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality | |||||||||
| 15 to 24 Years | 25 to 54 Years | 55 Years & Over | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Both Genders | Females | Males | Both Genders | Females | Males | Both Genders | Females | Males | |
| Total, all industries | −30,800 | −10,200 | −20,600 | −20,100 | −4,200 | −15,800 | −7,100 | 5,100 | −12,200 |
| Goods-producing sector | 9,700 | 4,900 | 4,900 | −12,200 | 10,800 | −23,000 | −1,400 | 3,700 | −5,100 |
| Agriculture | 5,200 | x | x | −3,200 | 400 | −3,600 | 7,100 | 3,100 | 4,000 |
| Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas | x | x | x | 200 | 3,100 | −3,000 | 1,500 | 100 | 1,400 |
| Utilities | x | x | x | 8,400 | 2,800 | 5,500 | x | x | x |
| Construction | 0 | −200 | 400 | −22,600 | 3,600 | −26,300 | −13,600 | −2,500 | −11,200 |
| Manufacturing | 5,400 | 2,800 | 2,500 | 5,100 | 800 | 4,300 | 5,800 | 3,500 | 2,300 |
| Services-producing sector | −40,600 | −15,100 | −25,500 | −7,800 | −15,000 | 7,200 | −5,800 | 1,500 | −7,300 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | −20,100 | −8,900 | −11,200 | −5,900 | −9,800 | 3,900 | −7,300 | 3,100 | −10,300 |
| Transportation and warehousing | −200 | x | 1,200 | −4,100 | −2,200 | −1,900 | −100 | −500 | 400 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | −4,700 | −2,800 | −1,900 | 9,800 | 11,900 | −2,000 | −5,600 | −6,900 | 1,300 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | −4,300 | x | −900 | 19,000 | 1,200 | 17,800 | −1,200 | 3,100 | −4,300 |
| Business, building and other support services | −1,800 | 1,000 | −2,800 | −5,600 | −11,200 | 5,700 | 6,500 | 3,500 | 3,000 |
| Educational services | −5,100 | −2,500 | −2,600 | −400 | −3,600 | 3,100 | −1,000 | 3,500 | −4,500 |
| Health care and social assistance | 7,400 | 6,300 | 1,100 | −1,300 | 9,800 | −11,000 | −4,100 | −7,500 | 3,500 |
| Information, culture and recreation | −400 | 3,600 | −4,000 | −6,400 | 1,000 | −7,400 | 2,900 | −100 | 2,900 |
| Accommodation and food services | −14,300 | −11,100 | −3,100 | 1,200 | −5,800 | 7,000 | 2,500 | 6,900 | −4,500 |
| Other services (except public administration) | −1,000 | 2,400 | −3,400 | −17,300 | −8,400 | −8,900 | 3,600 | 1,000 | 2,600 |
| Public administration | x | x | x | 3,100 | 2,200 | 900 | −2,000 | −4,700 | 2,900 |
| Statistics Canada Table 14-10-0022-01: Labour force characteristics by industry, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality | |||||||||
Data are sourced from the Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey (LFS), a monthly survey which measures the current state of the Canadian labour market.
Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey Tables:
B.C. Data Catalogue:
All data are released under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
This report is built with the flexdashboard R package, sourcing the Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey data using the cansim R package, the Canadian provincial and territorial boundaries geospatial data using the cancensus R package and the British Columbia economic region boundaries geospatial data using the bcdata R package.
The R code is available in bcgov GitHub, made available under the Apache 2.0 licence.